The boys managed to damage a few capital ships. About the same cost as sinking a carrier. $20 billion. They did not sink the fleet, nor will they. They might sink a few more ships, however, before this is done. They are not going to crash the dollar, or the banking system, or the stock market, or even the hedge funds. They only took notice at all because of the novelty of the event. That will soon wear off. A billion is like toilet paper to these people. The crash of 2006 was a multi trillion dollar affair. The Fed just printed that and got back to business. $20,000 billion. Enough to stabilize the housing crisis. 20 million, million dollar homes.